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The Old Man of the Mountain

by Herbert Strang

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THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

BY

HERBERT STRANG

FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR BY CYRUS CUNEO BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS BY RENÉ BULL

LONDON HENRY FROWDE HODDER AND STOUGHTON

First printed in 1916

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY R. CLAY AND SONS, LTD., BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

OUT OF THE NIGHT

CHAPTER II

A COUNCIL OF WAR

CHAPTER III

THE REFUGEES

CHAPTER IV

MORE MYSTERY

CHAPTER V

THE EYE

CHAPTER VI

THE IRON SHUTTER

CHAPTER VII

EUTHANASIA

CHAPTER VIII

THE LAW OF THE EYE

CHAPTER IX

THE MONSTER ON THE WALL

CHAPTER X

THE UNDERWORLD

CHAPTER XI

ALCHEMY

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